After IPOs Vanished in Chile, a Startup Exchange Wants to Cash In on Thirst For Returns

  • Copper miner Pampa Camarones set to be largest IPO on ScaleX
  • Pension-fund regulator mulls allowing investment in bourse

The new startup-focused stock exchange in Santiago de Chile is part of a phenomena that’s garnered popularity in markets such as Canada and Spain.

Photographer: Tamara Merino/Bloomberg
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It was standing room only as Robert Mayne-Nicholls pitched the public debut of his copper-mining company Pampa Camarones to investors in Santiago’s financial district.

All the company needs, the chief executive officer said, is $7 million.